How We Up ‘n Quit

Before we were Skimm A and Skimm B we were TV news associate producers. And we loved it. But we didn’t think it was something…

All about that ‘bass…ador

We are often asked how we have grown theSkimm and our userbase. The answer is word of mouth.

We mean that very literally.

During our first week as a company, we started getting emails from people saying ‘I love theSkimm!’ We clinked…

Grow Big or Go Home

When we first took in funding a year and half ago, we had about 100,000 users. We had traction but we needed to scale that. On the day we closed our deal, our investor told us we should hire a ‘Growth Hacker.’ We smiled and then said ‘WTF is that?’

Money, Money, Money

Talking about money can be uncomfortable and weird. It’s weird to ask people for money to help you start your business and it’s weird to hire people when you have the money. And it’s weird to talk to your current or future employer for money.

Advice, Please?

Skimm A and Skimm B couldn’t get by without a little help from their friends…meaning advisors. One of the best things we’ve done is create an advisory board — that’s basically a group of people you have a relationship with where you turn to them for the moments when you don’t know what the F you’re…

Better Call Saul

There’s one big common thread between all startups and all founders: Lawyers. And their fees.

No matter who you are or how many companies you’ve started or how smart you are, if you are taking in money and hiring employees, you have to have a lawyer.

It Takes Two

Skimm A & Skimm B started theSkimm together. Obviously. They are also equal partners. Not so obvious. We never realized that being co-founders, who actually view themselves as equal counter parts with equal investment and equal weight, isn’t the norm.

Have you heard about the Mideast? Pt. 2

Last year we posted the below:

Because of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the past two weeks have been busier than usual. It’s a topic that is incredibly sensitive to write about and more than any other topic we cover, brings…

Rules that are not made to be broken

As our team grows, we’ve had to start standardizing procedures and putting guidelines and rules in place. Think: Chore chart, policy on using Ubers/cabs etc.

There’s one rule that as founders we feel passionately about and that sometimes…

Things our team taught us this year

This year, Skimm HQ is coming back after a much needed holiday break and ready to hit the ground running. But before we put on our Skimm kicks and start making our 2015 goals a reality, we’ve been doing a LOT of reflecting.